Book Review: Stolen Children

Peg Kehret's Stolen Children brought me to tears. As I've said before, it's all in the title of what to expect.

The theme is quite normal. A young girl using her wits to outsmart the criminals and in the process finding redemption for misdeeds in her past. Amy (main character) is a fourteen year old babysitter who is asked to babysit a rich, well-known woman's only child. But when the kidnapping of the child she's babysitting goes terribly awry, the kidnappers decide to take her too. Kendra (second main character) is three years old and the subject of the abduction. She is very sweet and even cuddles up to the men who take her because she does not know that they are blackguards. Kendra also has a stuffed cat named Tubby whom she uses to speak for her.

A book that it reminds me of is Abduction! Because both are about a young child getting kidnapped. As for current events, it coexists with the children that are stolen everyday in America and all over the world.

The characters are once again very believable. I felt the girl's hardships and victories along with them and at one point I felt myself connect with one of the kidnappers that kept Amy safe from his partner. Amy just wants to make things right and show her dead father that he should never have a reason to be ashamed of her. Kendra was my favorite though. She is so utterly adorable and sweet that you wish you could pick her up and cuddle the poor child. Through all of this she has no idea what is going on but all that she wants is her mother. Kendra does not even complain about the uncomfortable conditions that she has been placed in.

The book was a wonderful read and will have you sitting on the edge of your seat! I would suggest it to any one.

Pages: 176